12 Days Yunnan Bicycle Tour

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12 Days Yunnan Bicycle Tour

12 Days Yunnan Bicycle Tour: a guided tour package to explore the ethnic groups and beautiful scenery by bicycle in Yunnan.

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Day 1: Arrival Shangri-La & Shangri-La

Welcome to Yunnan! Your driver and tour guide will pick you up from Shangri-La airport then bring you to hotel for check in.
Meals: N/A
Hotel: Feifan Hotel or similar 5 stars guesthouse

Day 2: Shangri-La Loop

As Shangri-La is at 3,300 m, we take it easy, so you can acclimate to the altitude. You’ll visit the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan. And then, pay a visit to Baiji Monastery in the Zhongdian ancient city, which was built in the Yuan Dynasty and has a history of several hundred years.
After lunch at a Tibetan family, visit the Cheng’en Monastery, it is located in Nuoxi village, Jiantang Town of Shangri_La. In the late afternoon, visit Dabao Monastery, it is built on a rugged green hillside at an altitude of 3300m, and is one of the earliest Tibetan Buddhist temples in Zhongdian county.
Meals: breakfast at hotel/Chinese lunch
Hotel: Feifan Hotel or similar 5 stars guesthouse

Day 3 Shangri-La - Bai Shui Tai ride101.7km up 1356m down2234m

You bid farewell to Shangri-La and then start cycling. You will ride along the Donghuanxian Road. It is a flat ride to start, passing Tibetan villages and white pagodas before you start the day's first big climb. This is a tough day as you will be riding high, but the spectacular scenery will make the hard work worth it. There are some difficult climbs and extraordinarily long descents to drive your adrenaline rush. you wind your way up and down through valleys and across mountainsides completely covered with wild camellias, rhododendrons, azaleas, and osmanthus trees. you arrive in the late afternoon to Bai Shui Tai. After checking in, you may feel up to a walk up to the spiritual origin of the Naxi people: the Karst Terraces “Bai Shui Tai” sits above the town. It is about 45 minutes round trip.
Meals: breakfast at hotel/Chinese lunch
Hotel: Baodan Hotel or similar about 2 stars the best hotel here, no good hotel here

Day 4 Bai Shui Tai - Tiger Leaping Gorge ride 69km up1879m down2252m

After breakfast, you start the day with a few short climbs and rolling sections before a bigger push up and over a small pass where you see Haba Mountain (5,396 m) towering above a beautiful valley. It's a 6 km descent winding down towards the Naxi village of Haba where you have lunch in a local guesthouse. After lunch, you get back on your bikes for a 7 km climb to a pass at 3,250 m followed by another downhill for 25 km to the Yangtse River Valley. When you reach Yonke village, you turn to Tiger Leaping Gorge and cycle through one of the deepest and most dramatic gorges in the world, rising nearly 4,000 m from the river to snow-capped peaks.
Meals: breakfast at hotel/Chinese lunch
Hotel: Shanquan guesthouse or similar no good hotel

Day 5 Tiger Leaping Gorge Rest Day or trekking in the middle Tiger Leaping Gorge

Enjoy the magnificent scenery of the famous Tiger Leaping Gorge of the Yangtze River. You are free to use the bikes for a 30 km round trip cycle through the gorge of the Yangtze River. Or you might want to hike down to the river side and watch gigantic rapids running over the famous tiger leaping rock. Or go on a hike on upper trails of the gorge to see snowcapped peaks above the third deepest gorge in the world.
Meals: breakfast /Chinese lunch
Hotel: Shanquan guesthouse or similar no good hotel

Day 6 Tiger Leaping Gorge - Lijiang ride 98.1km up2287m down1511m

You’ll have an easy 12 km cycle back through the gorge again towards the Yangtze ferry. Here you will cross the river and then start a 30 km steady climb. You then conquer the Dragon Snow Mountain pass at 3,100 metres, having ascended close to 1,500 metres! You then enjoy some undulating hills with some long downhills all the way to the Lijiang area. You’ll travel through the Dragon Snow Mountain Park which is known as a natural glacier museum. you will stop at Blue Moon Valley, which is actually an extremely blue river meandering through a lush valley of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and be transferred for the last 30 km to Lijiang, an ancient Naxi town, in the late afternoon. The Naxi people are a small but fascinating ethnic minority known for their matriarchal society, their pictographic language, and their distinctive music. Traditionally, Naxi women managed trade and commerce, while men have been musicians and gardeners. Today, Naxi society is still largely run along these lines. You may be able to recognize the Naxi women by their traditional embroidered capes, blue blouses, and trousers covered with blue or black aprons.
Meals: breakfast /Chinese lunch
Hotel: Arro Khampa Hotel or similar 5 stars guesthouse

Day 7 Lijiang - Shaxi 100km up1215m down1553m

You’ll transfer out of the city and start another memorable day that takes you into the heart of rural Yunnan. You’ll ride over a pass, descend into a valley, and ride along the 'Old Tibet 214 highway’ past tranquil scenes of mud brick villages, bamboo groves, rivers, and paddy fields. Right before Shaxi, you do two short but steeper climbs. A downhill (check that your brakes are working) through rural scenery that brings us to Shaxi. You really sense a feeling of timelessness, as the way of life here has remained unchanged for centuries. We stay at a wonderfully local courtyard hotel.
Meals: breakfast at hotel/Chinese lunch
Hotel: Sunyata Shaxi Hotel 5 stars guesthouse

Day 8 Shaxi Village Rest Day or trekking to Minjing village through Mapingguan

Shaxi started as a trading point of tea and horses during the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907). The town's prosperity was at its heights during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368 – 1912). This is probably the most intact horse caravan town on the ancient tea route leading from Yunnan into Burma and Tibet. The Sideng market square of Shaxi was added to the World Monuments Watch List of Most Endangered Sites in 2001.Today ,you can rest in the old town, or trekking to Mijing village through Mapingguan.
Meals: breakfast at hotel/Chinese lunch
Hotel: Sunyata Shaxi Hotel 5 stars guesthouse

Day 9 Shaxi - Eryuan ride 101KM up1540m down2610m

You’ll start with another beautiful day of riding on the once very busy tea horse caravan route. The road was used by horse caravans transporting tea and salt between villages, and they went as far as to Tibet and India. You’ll follow the Heihui River and pass through some interesting villages. It's flat, easy riding for 47 km to Liantie Town, your lunch place. After lunch, you’ll transfer to the mountain pass at 3,022 m. There is an exhilarating 22 km downhill on the other side. You’ll end the day in Eryuan county.
Meals: breakfast at hotel/Chinese lunch
Hotel: Er Yuan Hotel or similar 3 stars no good hotel here.

Day 10 Eryuan - Dali ride along G214 road 57.3km up662m down 662m

This morning is your last riding day as you’ll head to the historic town of Dali (1,900 m). Cycling along a flat paved road between the towering Cangshan Mountain range and Er Hai Lake, you should arrive in Old Dali in time for a late lunch. This fascinating town is home to the Bai people, one of the nation’s largest minorities and once the centre of the powerful 8th-century Nanzhao Kingdom. Dali is an extraordinary town to explore with its gated city walls, bustling old streets, and lakeside setting. In the 16th century, Dali was an important gateway for cultural exchange and trading with Southeast Asian countries. Today, it is a melting pot of different ethnic groups, reflected aptly in its amazing architecture, cobbled streets, and colorful markets.
Meals: breakfast/Chinese lunch
Hotel: Honglongjing Hotel or similar 5 stars

Day 11 Dali to Kunming

Today you will visit Xizhou market and the old town. Visit Bai-style traditional architectural courtyards, taste their fragrant Three-Course Tea and discover their distinctive culture. Visit Zhoucheng village that has earned the nickname 'the Hometown to Tie-dyeing'. Have a close look at how Bai People dye their clothes and experience simple “tie-dyeing” yourself. Then take high-speed train to Kunming. Free evening in Kunming.
Meals: breakfast at hotel/Chinese lunch
Hotel: Green Lake hotel or similar 5 stars

Day 12 Departure

If your departure time is still early, you could visit Green Lake, Yuantong Temple and Golden Horse square in city center, they are highlights of Kunming. Transfer to Kunming airport. End the happy tour and we are looking forward to your coming in the future.
Meals: breakfast at hotel/Chinese lunch

Quotation:

Quotation based on 2 guests: US $ 3013/per person
Single supplement: US $583/per guest
Quotation based on 4 guests: US $2076/per person
Quotation based on 6 guests: US $1746/per person
Bike hire: 185 USD per guest

Price include：

1.        11 nights hotel based one 2 people share one room
2.        Meals as mentioned   100RMB/per guest per meal
3.        1 support vehicle with driver during the tour, the driver will pay for his own meal and hotel
4.        An English speaking tour guide during the tour, the guide will pay for his /her own meal and hotel
5.        Entrance ticket of the scenic spots mentioned in the itinerary
6.        First class bullet train ticket from Dali to Kunming
7.        Water
8.        Travel injury insurance with the highest refund of RMB 300000.00 per person, the refund terms subjected to the insurance company policy.

Price exclude:

1.        Tip to guide and driver
2.        Dinner not mentioned in the itinerary
3.        Air ticket
4.        Personal expense

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